--- title: kids say the boy who got scratched by the class rabbit "was torturin… — Being gentle with small animals · tree and pragmatics description: kids say the boy who got scratched by the class rabbit "was torturing it". nobody saw. spread it? Test 18 of lesson 288 «Being gentle with small animals» of the everyday course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; Mova's choice was rig --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/288-being-gentle-with-small-animals/t18/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [questions](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/) / [Everyday](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/) / [Being gentle with small animals](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/288-being-gentle-with-small-animals/) / t18 # Test 18 · Being gentle with small animals kids say the boy who got scratched by the class rabbit "was torturing it". nobody saw. spread it? **Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 3 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** kids, class rabbit, boy, nobody · **What happens:** say, scratch, torture, see, spread · **To what, where:** boy, rabbit · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is test 18 of lesson 288 «Being gentle with small animals» of the everyday course of Mova's primary school. The page gives the question's syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause, then the 4 options as the student saw them, each with its tree and pragmatics. Every text is parsed by Mova itself. How the student answered it, with the score of every option and why: [the test at school](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/school-run/everyday/288-being-gentle-with-small-animals/#t18). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:288-being-gentle-with-small-animals:t18:1 # text = kids say the boy who got scratched by the class rabbit "was torturing it". nobody saw. spread it? 1 kids kid NOUN NNS Number=Plur 2 nsubj _ _ 2 say say VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 boy boy NOUN NN Number=Sing 14 nsubj _ _ 5 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 7 nsubj _ _ 6 got get AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 7 aux:pass _ _ 7 scratched scratch VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 4 acl:relcl _ _ 8 by by ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 9 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 10 class class NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 compound _ _ 11 rabbit rabbit NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 obl _ _ 12 " " PUNCT '' _ 11 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 13 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 14 aux _ _ 14 torturing torture VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 2 ccomp _ _ 15 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 14 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 16 " " PUNCT '' _ 14 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 17 . . PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ _ 18 nobody nobody PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Neg 19 nsubj _ _ 19 saw see VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 20 . . PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ _ 21 spread spread VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 2 ccomp _ _ 22 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 21 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 23 ? ? PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | present | kids | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 2 | **scratch** | past · passive | the class rabbit | the boy | | | | | vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent subject=Theme | | 3 | **torture** *in a quote* | past · progressive | the boy | rabbit | | | | | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus it=Experiencer | | 4 | **see** | past | nobody | | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer | | 5 | **spread** | infinitive | | rabbit | | | | | vn appear-48.1.1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location it=Theme | One row per clause the reader finds. «not said here»: a role filled from the clause above. «roles by»: a VerbNet class and frame when one fits the verb, else the reader's rules on the tree. ## The options {#options} ### Option 1 {#o1} Yes, and tell the teacher it's true so he gets told off properly ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:288-being-gentle-with-small-animals:t18:o1:1 # text = Yes, and tell the teacher it's true so he gets told off properly 1 Yes yes INTJ UH Polarity=Pos 4 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 4 punct _ _ 3 and and CCONJ CC _ 4 cc _ _ 4 tell tell VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 teacher teacher NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obj _ _ 7 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 9 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 8 's be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 9 cop _ _ 9 true true ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 6 acl:relcl _ _ 10 so so ADV RB _ 13 advmod _ _ 11 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 13 nsubj _ _ 12 gets get AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 13 aux:pass _ _ 13 told tell VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 4 advcl _ _ 14 off off ADP RP _ 13 compound:prt _ _ 15 properly properly ADV RB _ 4 advmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **tell** *speech: assert* | imperative | you *not said here* | | the teacher | | | properly *property* | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent teacher=Recipient | | 2 | **is** | present | teacher | the teacher *not said here* | | | | true *property* | tree rules | | 3 | **tell off** *speech: assert* | present · passive | | he | | | | | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: subject=Recipient | ### Option 2 {#o2} Yes, so he's banned from the rabbit ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:288-being-gentle-with-small-animals:t18:o2:1 # text = Yes, so he's banned from the rabbit 1 Yes yes INTJ UH Polarity=Pos 6 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 so so ADV RB _ 6 advmod _ _ 4 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 6 nsubj:pass _ SpaceAfter=No 5 's be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 6 aux:pass _ _ 6 banned ban VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 7 from from ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 8 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 9 rabbit rabbit NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **ban** | present · passive | | he | | | | from the rabbit | vn forbid-64.4-1 «NP V NP PP.theme»: subject=Beneficiary from rabbit=Eventuality | ### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o3} No, it's a rumour nobody saw; just handle animals gently ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:288-being-gentle-with-small-animals:t18:o3:1 # text = No, it's a rumour nobody saw; just handle animals gently 1 No no INTJ UH Polarity=Neg 6 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 6 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 4 's be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 6 cop _ _ 5 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 rumour rumour NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 7 nobody nobody PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Neg 8 nsubj _ _ 8 saw see VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 acl:relcl _ SpaceAfter=No 9 ; ; PUNCT : _ 11 punct _ _ 10 just just ADV RB _ 11 advmod _ _ 11 handle handle VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 6 parataxis _ _ 12 animals animal NOUN NNS Number=Plur 11 obj _ _ 13 gently gently ADV RB _ 11 advmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is a** | present | it | a rumour | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **see** | past | nobody | a rumour *not said here* | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer rumour=Stimulus | | 3 | **handle** | infinitive | | animals | | | | gently *property* | vn hold-15.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent animal=Theme | ### Option 4 {#o4} Yes, he must have been mean ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:288-being-gentle-with-small-animals:t18:o4:1 # text = Yes, he must have been mean 1 Yes yes INTJ UH Polarity=Pos 7 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 7 nsubj _ _ 4 must must AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 7 aux _ _ 5 have have AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 7 aux _ _ 6 been be AUX VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 7 cop _ _ 7 mean mean ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | must · perfect | he | | | | | mean *property* | tree rules | **Text:** the tests of Mova's primary school, written for Mova (`world/data/school/`), as the course runner gave them to the student. **Trees:** Mova's own parse — the `en` model on the CPU, when the site is built — not checked by a teacher; they may be wrong. **Frames:** Mova's frames reader (`prag`), each text read on its own. 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